Ivan Ang

“I thought back on my running career at Oregon. I’d competed with, and against, men far better, faster, more physically gifted. Many were future Olympians. And yet I’d trained myself to forget this unhappy fact. People reflexively assume that competition is always a good thing, that it always brings out the best in people, but that’s only true of people who can forget the competition. The art of competing, I’d learned from track, was the art of forgetting, and I now reminded myself of that fact. You must forget your limits. You must forget your doubts, your pain, your past. You”
― Phil Knight, Shoe Dog

“If I'd defined success very narrowly, limiting it to peak, high-visibility experiences, I would have felt very unsuccessful and unhappy during those years. Life is just a lot better if you feel you're having 10 wins a day rather than a win every 10 years or so.”
― Chris Hadfield, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

“The spotlight moves on, and astronauts need to, too. If you can't, you'll wind up hobbled by self-importance or by fear that nothing else you do will ever measure up.”
― Chris Hadfield, An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth

“Don’t tell people how to do things, tell them what to do and let them surprise you with their results.”
― Phil Knight (original quote by George S Patton), Shoe Dog